Mount Balbi

Mount Balbi
Mount Balbi is the light-colored area at the center of the image.
Highest point
Elevation2,715 m (8,907 ft)
Prominence2,715 m (8,907 ft)
ListingUltra
Coordinates05°54′51″S 154°58′57″E / 5.91417°S 154.98250°E / -5.91417; 154.98250
Geography
Mount Balbi is located in Papua New Guinea
Mount Balbi
Mount Balbi
Papua New Guinea
LocationBougainville, Papua New Guinea
Parent rangeEmperor Range
Geology
Rock ageAppr. 10 to 12 000 years ago
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruptionNot in historic time

Mount Balbi is a Holocene stratovolcano located in the northern portion of the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. A gentle prominence at 05°54′09″S 154°59′28″E / 5.90250°S 154.99111°E / -5.90250; 154.99111 is the highest point of the island. There are five volcanic craters east of the summit, one of which contains a crater lake. The summit is composed of coalesced cones and lava domes which host a large solfatara field.[1] There are numerous fumaroles near the craters, though Balbi has not erupted in historic time.

  1. ^ "Global Volcanism Program | Balbi". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved 2022-03-15.